Python bivittatus (Kuhl 1820)

Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) 12 (1), pp. 35-48 : 43

Python bivittatus (Kuhl 1820) :

The python is the largest snake species in Nepal and it is distributed from Nepalese Terai up to 2,800 m elevation in Nepal (Bhattarai et al. 2017). In the PNP, the species was observed from Bhata, Amlekhgunj-Hattisar, Halkhoria Daha, and Ramauli Pratapur ( Fig. 21 ). The PNP has dry sub-tropical habitat and gets incidental fire. One injured python was found with wounds inside the park at Kamini Daha.

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Fig. 21. Python bivittatus. Photograph by Om P. Chaudhary/ NTNC-BCC.